jpdb beta

contrived; false-sounding

1

established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

3

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness

1

conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

2

light; easy; non-serious; minor

4

test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)

1

burlesque; low comedy; farce

2

not

2

bookshelf

1

yellow tint

1

stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

1

blank column; blank space

1

n-storied building

1

one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

1

clock tower

1

long visit; overstaying

2

carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; bucket carried on either end of a pole

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

6

dancing or jumping for joy

1

to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

3

perpetrator of a bizarre murder

1

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

2

treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

2

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

1

rot; decay; corrosion; etching; saprophagy

1

heat-resisting

2

indirection; indirectness

1

how many people

1

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification

1

glassy; vitreous

1

source; origin

1

hasty act; rash act

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

3

first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone

3

bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition

2

conclusion; completion

2

post; official position; managerial position; executive position

5

leadership; initiative; spearhead

2

joint test

1

(one's efforts) not being enough; not succeeding (despite one's best efforts); not being up to the task; being beyond one's ability

1

very great; enormous; serious

2

death and injury; being killed or injured

3

refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)

1

division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category

1

gene manipulation

1

lethal

1

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

5